If I Only Knew

Album: The Lead and How to Swing It (1994)
Charted: 11
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  • Ow!!
    Yeah
    Yeah
    Home grown, on the bone
    All the channels show the same old war zone
    As I walk alone in the city
    Makin' me an offer, now don't they look pretty
    New cinema
    Live action, all the noise of attraction beats up
    On the streets, the sellers do mark up
    Better than tellin' 'em off, don't stock up
    Shark, they don't bite
    All that matters is you're not here tonight
    And now that I wonder
    Am I gonna dig a hole ten feet under
    Under sea, under you, under we, undivided,
    Undecided

    [Chorus]
    If I only knew
    What I could do
    To make you, make you love me
    to make you make you love me
    If I only knew
    What I could do
    To make you make you love me
    to make you make you love me
    Up north where the snow grows colder
    I travel onward 'cross the border

    Looked up a girl that I once knew frozen
    To be the follower of the deity
    Make myself scarce while they
    come to plea bargain
    for my body and soul
    All the flames go around, surround me
    I won't go

    I need the ozone
    I want to cuddle up behind your backbone
    I never stay long where I'm not wanted
    I fell haunted
    Yo brother
    Where ya gonna go
    Back to the war zone
    To break down the walls

    Chorus:

    If I only knew
    What I could do
    To make you, make you love me
    to make you make you love me
    If I only knew
    What I could do
    To make you make you love me
    to make you make you love me
    If I only knew
    What I could do
    To make you, make you happy
    to make you make you happy

    If only I knew what i should do, yeah
    To make you make you love me
    I bared my soul to the golden traces
    went to the forest of the holy places
    And now I wonder
    Am I gonna dig a hole ten feet under
    Under sea, under me, under you, under we, undivided,
    Undecided
    Yeah ... yeah
    (vocal breakdown)
    If I only knew
    What I could do
    To make you happy
    to make you make you happy
    If I only knew
    What I should do
    To make you make you happy
    to make you make you happy
    If I only knew
    What I could do
    To make you, make you love me
    to make you make you love me
    If I only knew
    What I should do
    To make you make you love me
    If I only knew what I should do
    If I only knew what I should do Writer/s: Benjamin Nitze, Joseph R Mendelson
    Publisher: CONCORD MUSIC PUBLISHING LLC
    Lyrics licensed and provided by LyricFind

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